Adjustable sawhorse.



W. H. PHILLIPSON.

ADJUSTABLE SAWHORSE. APPLIGATION FILED JULY 18,1911.

. 1 044 1 6 Patented Nov. 19, 1912;

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,,WASHIN6TON, n c4 UNITED STATES PATENT ora ion.

WALTER H. PHILLI PSON, 0F I-IORNELL, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE SAWHORSE.

1 044,816 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 18, 1911.

To all whom it may concern: material.

Be it known that I, WALTER H. PHILLIP- above the son, citizen of the United States, residing at Hornell, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Sawhorses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable saw horses, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efliciency and utility of a Patented Nov. 19, 1912. Serial No. 639,148.

An upper member head slightly wider than the combined head members 10-11. The member 14 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 15 and likewise provided with depending slotted arms 16, the latter extending through the through the slots of the members 16. The

device of this character. clamp bolts are each provided with a wing Another object of the invention is to pronut 18 so that the members 16 may be vide a device of this character having an adclamped between the members 10-11 by justable upper member provided with a compressing the latter against them through movable carriage whereby the device may be the action of the wing nut 18. By this adapted for supporting material which is simple means the members 14 may be adbeing acted upon by saws, shapers, boring just-ed to any required height relative to the machines and similar machines. horse portion of the device. Another object of the invention is to proounted to swing upon the member 14 vide a device of this character wherein the 1s a frame comprisin two si e members attachments are adapted tobe withdrawn 19-20 connected by a rod 21 at one end to enable the device to be employed as an the latter extending through the member 14, ordinary saw horse. and with a stay rod 22 intei mediate the ends. With these and other objects in View the At their outer free ends the said members invention consists in certain novel features 19 0 are connected by a roller 23. By this of construction as hereafter shown and dearrangement when the frame is to be tinned scribed and then specifically pointed out in its upward posltion the stay member 22 in the claims, and in the drawings illustrawill rest upon the upper face of the memtive of the preferred embodiment of the inher 14 and support the roller 23 slightly vention. elevated above the member 14 as represented Figure 1 is a perspective view of the imin Fig. 4 and when the frame is turned into proved device in extended position, Fig. 2 its lower position as shown in Fig 1 all of is an enlarged transverse section on the line the parts will be beneath the upper face 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the member 14 By this means when the illustrating one means of employing the improved device, Fig. 4 is another diagramnary uses of the horse, as will be obvious.

ovably disposed above the member 14 is a carriage device comprising a head 24 and bearing roller 25. The head member 24 employing the improved device.

he improved device comprises a supporting structure or horse mounted upon supporting legs and preferably comprising a is provided with a depending rib 26 which head member constructed with two side poroperates in the slot 15 of a member 14 while tions 1011 spaced apart and with filler the rollers 25 run upon the upper face of 1 blocks 12 at suitable intervals and supported the member 14 at opposite sides of the slot. by diverging legs 13. The head member he member 24 is provided with an up- 10-11 is of the usual length of a saw horse wardly directed pin 27, to carry a longiand legs 13 are slightly less in length than tudinally extending support 28, the latter those of an ordinary saw horse.

having an aperture to engage over the pin The horse portion of the improved device he improved device, as before stated, may be constructed of any suitable material 1s designed more particularly for supportand of any suitable size; it is not desired mg material while being acted upon by therefore to limit this portion of the imsaws of various kinds, shapers, boring maoroved devlce to any speclfic form, slze, or chines and the like, and for the purpose of the member required, and its free end supported in a level position relative to the saw table while being acted upon.

It will thus be obvious that a simply constructed device is produced which may be readily adjustable to correspond to the machine with which it is to be employed, while at the same time by simply disposing the frame 19-20 in its lower position as shown in Fig. 1 and removing the carriage 2 1 and lowering the member 14 upon the head memillustration the improved device is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 arranged for use in connection with two conventional saw devices.

In Fig. 3 the improved device is shown and arranged for use in connection with a conventional saw having a vertically adjustable table, and in Fig. 4 the improved device is shown employed in connection with a conventional railroad saw. The supporting frame of the saw shown in the illustration in Fig. 3 is indicated at 29, the saw 1. In a device of the class described, a support including an upper member, a frame including side members swinging upon said upper member, a bearing roller carried by said side members, and a transverse member conneoting said side members ing member 28 rests at one end upon the table 30 and against the gage 3i and is supported at its other end by the pin 27 upon the movable carriage 24, the member 14: being adjustable vertically to correspond with the adjustment of the saw table 30. By this means a simply constructed and convenient support is provided for the work which is to be acted upon by the saw, and enables the operator toaccuratelv and conveniently support the material, and does not therefore require the services of an extra helper to hold the material at its outer end. As the material is moved toward the saw 28 is carried with it and the carthe member and maintain therefrom.

2. In a device of the class described, a support including an upper member having spaced sides, a frame including side members pivoted to said upper member at opposite sides thereof and near one en and a transverse member connecting said frame sides and spaced from their outer ends whereby the frame sides may be arranged to hang downwardly beneath the upper member orbe supported above the upper mem ber by said transverse member, and a bearthe bearing roller spaced riage Q L-QG likewise moves upon ber 14 to the same extent.

In Fig. 4. the improved device is shown and arranged to employ the swinging frame 1920 with its roller 23. In this arrangement of the device the supporting frame of the saw is represented at 35, the sliding saw table at 36 and the saw at 37. The material to be acted upon is indicated at 38 and rests at one end upon the saw table and is supported at its other end by the roller 23, the latter being adjustable vertically through the action of the arms 16, so that the roller 23 is located in a position level with the upper face of the table 36. Thus the material 38 is moved toward the saw as fast as advance of said transverse member and maintained thereby spaced from the upper member.

In testimony ture in presence WALTER. H. PHlLLIPSON. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

M. E. DUNNING, Lnwrs G. BUCK.

whereof, I aflix my signaof two witnesses.

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ing roller carried by said side members in table at 30 and the saw at 37, the table being bers 10 11, the improved device may be adjustable vertically by means of standards employed as an ordinary saw horse.

or arms 32. The table is also provided with Having thus described the invention what the usual guide or gage 34. The supportis claimed as new is:

and adapted to bear upon said upper mem- 

